SOLUTION: Darryl wants to add enough water to 8 gallons of a 10% bleach solution to make a 5% bleach solution. Which equation can he use to find x, the number of gallons of water he should a

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Question 1037753: Darryl wants to add enough water to 8 gallons of a 10% bleach solution to make a 5% bleach solution. Which equation can he use to find x, the number of gallons of water he should add?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let +x+ = gallons of water to be added
+.1%2A8+=+.8+ gallons of bleach in the 10% solution
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+.8+%2F+%28+x+%2B+8+%29+=+.05+